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Deutsch1994 Coburg state by-election
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| Registered | 28,245 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 85.0% ( 8.3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1994 Coburg state by-election was held on 14 May 1994 to elect the next member for Coburg in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the resignation of sitting MP Tom Roper on 31 March 1994.
The seat was retained for the Labor Party by candidate Carlo Carli, who held the seat until it was abolished in 2002. Independent candidate Gilbert Boffa later stood as a candidate in the Federal by-election for Kooyong in November.
Candidates
[edit]Candidates are listed in ballot paper order.[1] The Liberal Party, which received 29.1% of first preference votes in Coburg at the 1992 state election, did not contest the by-election.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Background | |
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| Independent | Sam Ganci | President of the Coburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry[2] | |
| Labor | Carlo Carli | Ministerial Adviser in Housing[3] | |
| Independent | Gilbert Boffa | ||
| Greens | Andrea Sharam | Activist[2] | |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Carlo Carli | 13,691 | 52.8 | +2.0 | |
| Independent | Sam Ganci | 5,976 | 23.0 | +23.0 | |
| Greens | Chris McConville | 5,368 | 20.7 | +20.7 | |
| Independent | Gilbert Boffa | 906 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 25,941 | 91.8 | −2.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,304 | 8.2 | +2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 28,245 | 85.0 | −7.3 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Carlo Carli | 13,691 | 66.3 | +5.1 | |
| Independent | Sam Ganci | 5,976 | 33.7 | +33.7 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "THE FIFTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ELECTED 3 OCTOBER 1992". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ a b Slee, Chris (25 May 1994). "Big Green vote in Coburg". Green Left. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ Anderson, Christ (26 November 2006). "About Carlo Carli". Brunswick Labor. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2025.